Minhast: Difference between revisions
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| Kissamut, Tur'akkam, Senzil, Rēgum Prefectures; <br/> | | Kissamut, Tur'akkam, Senzil, Rēgum Prefectures; <br/> | ||
Bayburim, Taliwāz, Urgabal, Tantanay, Nuwway, Kitamta, Antuwe, Sašlar (South Coast Colonies) | Bayburim, Taliwāz, Urgabal, Tantanay, Nuwway, Kitamta, Antuwe, Sašlar (South Coast Colonies) | ||
| Fossilized suffix ''-ūy'' realized as ''-we'', ''-ia''; contains several Korean loanwords or calqued Korean terms due to extensive trade contacts with the Kingdom of Koguryeo; | | Fossilized suffix ''-ūy'' realized as ''-we'', ''-ia''; contains several Korean loanwords or calqued Korean terms due to extensive trade contacts with the Kingdom of Koguryeo; | ||
Palatization Test is inconclusive due to dialectal mixing with their Dog and Salmon Speaker neighbors: some Gull Speaker words fail the test, while others pass. | |||
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! Osprey Speaker | ! Osprey Speaker | ||
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! Stone Speaker | ! Stone Speaker | ||
| Sakkeb, Neskud,Yaxparim, Izgilbāš, Zurzugul, Higbilan, Narpaz Prefectures | | Sakkeb, Neskud,Yaxparim, Izgilbāš, Zurzugul, Higbilan, Narpaz Prefectures | ||
| Fossilized suffix ''-ūy'' realized as ''-ia'', ''-ie''; Ergative marker ''=de'' is often dropped if the polypersonal agreement markers can disambiguate Agent from Patient; | | Fossilized suffix ''-ūy'' realized as ''-ia'', ''-ie''; | ||
Ergative marker ''=de'' is often dropped if the polypersonal agreement markers can disambiguate Agent from Patient; | |||
Much freer word order - the verb often deviates from the verb-final position whereas the other dialects allow the verb to migrate to non-final position within a clause | Much freer word order - the verb often deviates from the verb-final position whereas the other dialects allow the verb to migrate to non-final position within a clause | ||
only under very strict constraints | only under very strict constraints; | ||
Development of allophone [o] from /u/ in CVCC syllables or in word-final position; | |||
Replacement of /a:wa/ by /o/ | |||
Large inventory of non-Minhast loanwords from Peshpeg, Golahat, and Corradi (approx. 20% of the lexicon); the average number of loanwords in the other Lower Minhast dialects range from 3% to 5% | Large inventory of non-Minhast loanwords from Peshpeg, Golahat, and Corradi (approx. 20% of the lexicon); the average number of loanwords in the other Lower Minhast dialects range from 3% to 5% | ||